Investment insights

Financial advisors are setting aside their doubts and embracing the recovery.

“Planners only have so many hours in the day,” Accenture's Kevin Boyle said. “So, [they need to consider] which managers do they really want to spend their times learning, getting close to and spending time advising their clients about.”

PIMCO's Bill Gross said the Federal Reserve’s zero-bound interest rate policy and quantitative easing programs are becoming more of a problem for an economy that needs structural reforms.

The United States is set to undergo a "geographic sea change" where economic power is shifting from longtime coastal stronghold states still reeling from the housing bust and moving towards interior states with lower tax burdens, according to banking analyst Meredith Whitney.

New York City’s $140 billion retirement system pays Wall Street money managers about $360 million a year, the only one of the 11 biggest U.S. public-worker pensions that refuses to manage any assets internally.

An investment can have many good entry points but just one good exit. You don't want to leave a party early, but you also don't want to overstay your welcome.

Higher capital gains and portability call for new strategies for trust assets.

Energy master limited partnerships produce somewhat predictable cash flows in up and down markets.

Beyond Iran's nuclear ambitions, there are reasons a brighter energy world may be on the horizon.

Planner sentiment climbs to a new high as clients stress optimism.

Most clients enter a financial planner’s office with high expectations so it’s important to discuss their views on risk at an early stage in the relationship.

The current run up in equities is indeed producing passionate arguments for both approaches, with advisors, managers and commentators from across the financial spectrum weighing in.

This was one initial public offering that Nasdaq executives sure didn’t “like”.

Decision making is a major part of financial planning and the more advisors understand it, the better off clients will be.

Residential and commercial real estate are finally enjoying a solid recovery. Housing prices are rebounding nationwide, and residential construction was a leading contributor to overall U.S. growth last year. The market for multi-family apartment buildings is on fire, and money is also pouring into office buildings and retail space. But national numbers only tell part of the story.

Global investor confidence rose in May, inching up 1.8 points to 94.8 from 93.0 the month before, according to the State Street Investor Confidence Index.

There is a way to be invested in stocks that can help mitigate volatility: Employ an investment strategy that seeks to take advantage of global stock market inefficiencies to profit in both up and down markets.

With markets at near historic highs, investor confidence still lags. Both regulators and financial firms share the responsibility to do something about it, said Richard Ketchum, CEO of FINRA on Tuesday.

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke took a break from current economic woes and uncertainties Saturday, looked into the future and found reason for optimism.

Sales of corporate bonds in the U.S. are surging toward the busiest May ever as borrowers race to the market before demand dries up with Bill Gross and Warren Buffett cautioning against buying debt at all-time low yields.